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THE I,CYN4>OIV, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1864, to kfuoNNELL's veromtut to dear with teem so se to do justice to AIR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY" EVENING, at Fight. 130YA.1. ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVANT-GARDEN 1 HIS EVENING Mdlle. Carlotta Patti, Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. Levy, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Pstey, and Ali Ben Sou-alle. Part Songs and Glees sung by miss FosDrol&e, Mrs. Dixon, Mr, A. mathisen, and Mr. C. Henry. BAND OF ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. Conductor, Mr, ALFRED MEL LDN. Promenade, a mphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One Shilpng ; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. anu 10s. ed. . . To-morrow, Saturday, the Second Volunteer Night. -- --- ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining, THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE tiTItEETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss F .nny Gwynne. dW rhEA ritE-fLo YAL, ADELPHL-- 8.31 e Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, MY WIRE'S MAID. liessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, and Mr . Alfred Mellon. After wLich, MASKS AN D FACES. Messrs. B. Webster, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart; Mrs. btirling. Mrs. Billington. and miss 11. Simms. To conclude with THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed.ord, R. and Hiss Voolg..r• Commence at 7. NEW BOWER OPERE rrA. HOUSE.- Senora Georgi Cardinal, the eminent Spanish Come dienne, in Smyth Lee's new and eminently successfill Come. dietta. HER ONLY FAILLSG ; whinn, together with CYAIoN AND IPHIGENIA. ICED CHAMPAGNE, and THE KISS AND THE ROSE,. will be repeated EVERY EVENING. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Rege l 4 - street, ,have now In stcck WASHlNGvariety of WASHING DREISES, suitatle for the country and seaside, and at t he c earing.out price of only XI. Els. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, ^47, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already Nen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far greater per - centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on band, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b., more coitly as the price of Silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLES HAL L COMPANY'S COALS Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 23s. per ton. Double.. 208. per ton. Top 225. „ De. p Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De- Pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole 14ent. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Contatring the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dau be had Every Evening of G. R. GIANIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of '• THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by HENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, Old Cavendish street, W. tilGti WATEI AT LONDON bitIDUE. Tana DAY.—Morning, 3h. 3m.—Afternoon, 3a. 26ru fo-Aoaktow.-Morniug, 3a. 48a1.—Atternoon. 4a. lOw Z. 1-4 ) SUM LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1864. Out of two childish and senseless absurdities Belfast allowed thtir animosity two populous towns—ene in Franca, the other in Ireland—are now suffering very lamentably. A rocket fired into the air daring the imperial demon strations on Monday evening (the Fete NAPOLEON) at Limoges, has resulted there in a fearfully destruc tive conflagration. A big doll paraded through the streets of Belfast bythe local Orangemen—afterwards burnt as a sort of Guy FAUX representative of the Liberator—the ashes of it being eventually, with an inlecent mockery, no less of Death than of the Great Dead, whose memory was thus unprovokedly held up as a mark of rubiic abhorrence and derision in the very land where that memory of DANIEL O'CONNELL is, not undeservedly, revered and be loved ! This senseless playing with a big doll in the streets of Belfast, we say, 11::.a led—thanks to the savage stupidity of the originators of that counter demonstration to the Great O'CONNELL Demon stration in Dublia—,o the delivering up of the Town of Belfast, now for nearly one whole fort night, into the hands of lawless rioters. Viewing the latter occurrence as dispassionately as possible from this side of St. George's Channel, it seems to us to be only a matter of simple justice that we should recall to mind a fact already beginning to be in a great measure :ost sight of ! Namely, the fact as to theside upon which these riotings in Belfast began. It requires only to be mentioned thus quite plainly to insure its revival, upon the instant here in England, in the popular recollection. The rioting then it is bat right and fair that we should recall this to mind—the rioting began, yonder in Belfast, dis tinctly, solely, and exclusively on the side of the Orangemen. Ia the midst of their foolish vagarieswith that absurd lay figure of O'CONNELL the Belfast disturbances commenced with the flourishing of bludgeons, the flinging of stones and brickbats, the smashing of windows, the attacking and the sacking of a Nunnery. The occasion for all this, or rather, the plea for it all, being—a counter demonstration ! A Counter Demonstration at Belfast to the gigantic and perfectly peaceable Demonstration known to be then (simultaneously) taking place in Dublin— where at the very centre of the grandest street of all in the Irish Capital, the foundation stone of a Na tional Memorial to O'CONNELL was being laid, not precipitately or irritatingly, but calmly and deliberately, after the great Tribune's remains had been reposing for nearly eighteen years in his grave at Glasneven. Eighteen years ! It was time that a monument to O'CONNELL—their Liberator—should be raised by the Irish people in the very centre of their metropolis, as a memorial, not of his name, for that in its mere historical greatness is certainly _ , Ere perennius, but as a memorial of their love, gratitude, and admiration. After waiting so long, before thus obtruding their re gard for O'CONNELL'S memory upon the attention of those who had no respect for it, on the contrary, the very reverse —the Roman Catholic people of Ireland could hardly be reprehended in this matter of an O'CONNELL monument, and by necessity also (in laying the foundation stone of it) an O'CON NELL Demonstration—the Roman Catholic people of Ireland, it is but fair to say this, could hardly in this matter be reprehended for anything like of aciousness, or precipitation. It was but reason able, indeed, that the men who had been liberated by O'CONNELL—as not only the Irish Cath olics, but all the other Roman Catholics throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire had been liberated by O'CONNELL—it was r ut reasonable th at those whom O'CONNELL had, lib erated, should, at length, very tardily, after this Precise fashion, namely, by raising a great Monument a National Meinoriel in 11' " 8 hen °'ar, evidence their appreciation of him as their Liberator. How their in 80 doi n proceedin g s went, g --at leer, after • , so mans years had elapsed since the death o f ley . C ONNELL—We know. The de monstration which marked the laying the foundation stone of this O'CONNELL llenaoriel in Dublin was, in two ways, exceptionally grand among all preced ing demonstrations of any kind that had ever taken place there in the Meta capital. It was th us d ou b ly excepti ona l among all the demonstrations that had at is much to be regretted that the prejudices en• over taken place there in Dublin, because the vastest th at h a d ever b ee n witnessed it was t er t a i ne d against transportation to Western Aua there, and eralia should still remain in full force in many era, for until m ore general views are he ld on t h e Iquer because, while it was the vastest demonstration, it : Was a dem onstration unmarked from b eginning to natter it seems very difficult to decide what is to be end by one single accident to life or limb, to person lone with our convi c t s . Still, while persons sop or prop er ty, nay, by an Whatsoev er . y the sma ll es t disturbance posed to b e acqua i nted with the derails, and ap- It was while this grand, and Peaceful, pe.rentl interested in th e b earings o the question, and pe r f ec tl y reasonable demonstration was taking w ill persist in plane in Dnblin, that the ill advised Orangemenl4 'hems, it its all eking so m any objections to the a m wkward thing foe the Home Csoe so very dissimilar. It is evident that cotton does not require the same elements of strength and neaith as human beings, seeming to flourish best in the least salubrious places. In the West Indies, es we have seen, it is thriving, while, on "fair Madeira's vine crowned hills of health," as MONT- GoMERY styles them, it absolutely refuses to grow. In South America it bids fair to Lecome of some importance. From Peru accounts have been re- ceived which are very encouraging, and the Peruvian plants stand the sun so well that they are well adapted for introduction intc Southern India, where, if properly watered, they are more remune■ rative than the indigenous variety. The produce is of fine quality ranking next to Sea Island. They have been extensively grown in the districts of _ .... Kistua and South Aroot, where the yield has been at the rate of 560 lbs of clean cotton per tawny, which is equal to an acre and a quarter. The plant shoot out fresh blossoms before one crop is wily gathered, At Nellore it has been found that he yield of cotton (from Ntw Orleans seed) is at he rate of 150 lbs per acre, but %here irrigation is employed, once in eight days, it is 250 lbs. In several parts of Atrica, as we have said, the cultivation is thriving ; and, indeed, in many places it already grown in some quantities by the natives. The Governor of the Gambia gives some valuable information acquired by Staff Assistant. Surgeon HARVEY, on his route to the Upper River, when he saw large inclosures with fair crops of cotton. At Medina, the capital of Woolli, the people told him at they could bring plenty of cotton to market ii wanted. Dr. HARVEY suceeeded in negotiating a treaty with the King of Woolli, who is very anxious for the friendship and trade of English merchants, so that traders may now with perfect safety establish depots throughout the King's dominions. Farther north, on the same continent, things are more advanced, for we learn from Alexandria tha► money is in great demand, owing to the large sums sent into the interior for advances on the new season's cotton crop, which sonic persons value ar £25,000,000. Should these anticipations be even partially realised, Egyptian cotton will have a E eneflcial effect upon the English market, and help to brighten still further the improving prospects of Lancashire. memory to lead them so far in their carrying out of a counter-demonstration, that—in lighting the bonfire th at roasted the Effigy of the Liberator, they may be said to have kindled their own passions beyond control, thereby igniting a conflagration more lamentable and more dis astrous of its kind than that which has just reduced two hundred houses to ashes at Limoges. Whosoever it was among the Orangemen of Belfast who first set or. foot that ridiculous counter demon stration—which diatinctly gave the signal for all this rioting in Belfast by smashing the windows of pri vate dwellinghouses, molesting loot-passengers, and wrecking a nunnery —whosoever among the Belfast Orangemen led the way in those first day's proceedings —is the firebrand that kindled those evil passions on both sides, which have since been raging so disastrously, there in Belfast, for nearly one whole tortraight—passions that threaten to spread riot and bloodshed irom Belfast to Dun dalk, and from Dundalk far and wide through those north-eastern parts of Ireland. the whole of the parties concerned. It is of ims mense importance to the convicts themselves that they should be sent to that State, for there they can begin a new life, as it were, when they have worked out their sentences. it adds greatly to the vexation of the affair that the objections which are so plen tifully pot in against this proposal are not of a tenable nature, but almost always the result of pre judice and the consequence of looking at the ques tion in a one-sided manner. However, it is well known that imaginary fears are often more difficult to overcome than weil-grounded apprehensions, and therefore it will not lessen the regrets of those who reed and hear of the many obstacles interposed to know that experience would prove the fallacy of the inimical arguments. The Royal commission which recently investigated the subject of penal servitude were greatly in favour of this plan of sending con victs to Western Australia, but their recommenda tions have shared the same fate that usually attends such advice, and it is greatly to be deplored that such should be the case. In a letter which has been addessed to the limes by the late Chief Justice of South Australia this subject is taken up again: the various points are discussed with great moderation, but still the writer is dead against the proposal. It is rather curious to notice some of the points which he argues upon, for they seem to contradict them seosce in a great measure. In the first place, he admits that many of the places that now object to the introduction of convicts among them were originally penal settlements, and that the convict labour and the capital of the Government expendi ture were the beginning of the great wealth which they now erjoy. It would seem rather strange, then, that Western Australia should be deprived of all these advantages because the old colonists Lave discovered that they do not like to have convicts sent out. It cannot be true that the same evils attend their dispersion in those distant colonies that are inseparable from their being sent forth here to mingle in our crowded cities with their old associates, and resume their bad ways. It is impossible to have the same checks interposed upo❑ them here as naturally arise out there, and the judgment which condemns the trans mission 9f convicts is an erroneous one in itself, and productive cf great and serious evils to many. Why should it be so :fluch worse for the colonieta to have hundreds of these men whose sentences have ex pired among them than for us at home to have them constantly about us. It is a cruel determination on the part of the protesting colonists, and one that is not likely to do them any credit in the long run, when the full consequences it involves are taken into consideration. Ail that tends to lessen the speed of evil, and decrease the chances of se-convic tion by old offenders, should be gladly hailed as a boon by all wellwishers of their kind, and it is dis heartening to witness the predominance of such selfishness, and the exhibition of so touch prejudice among those who have gained their advantages in many instances from the very plan which they now so bitterly inveigh against. It is some satisfaction to know that in this country the system of penal servitude will be carried oa very diff,rently from what it has been, so that if we are forced to keep these unfortunate outcasts among us there will not be the same risk that there has hitherto been in the arrangements. Tne circular letter addressed by Sir GEORGE GREY to the judges is a proof of the improvements that have already been effected, and doubtless, as time goes on, additions will be made to the reforms already instituted in this respect. Some of the most striking of the changes and altera tions that have been made exemplify the full im portance of the subject, and there is great reason to raj Ace that so much should h.ve been done to deter the devotees of crime from the prosecution o their iniquitous purposes. The short sentences that have done so much harm are now done away with, and five years is the least term that can be assigned for the duration of imprisonment. This regulation is a very desirable one, since it must increase the terrors of the law that have of late years been too much divested of their deterring attributes. The more stringent measures to be henceforth adopted i❑ respect to tickets-of-leave are also highly to be applauded, and strict attention to the rules enjoined will most likely be attended with a desirable issue, as here stated the consequence of these arrangements will be that " nothing is left to accident or caprice, but the punishment inflicted is precisely that which was intended." The mode of granting "remissions" will be changed in a great degree, and it will not in future be so easy for a convict to become possessed of this advantage as it has hitherto been ; steady and laborious industry as well as general good con duct will now be requisite towards the obtaining of the desired end. 'lbis will interpose a salutary check to the course of deceit practised by those supposed to be the most hopeful, and put them to a test which they cannot easily evade. It is especially desirable that a decided clause should have been passed in respect to life sentences,, so that when once a convict has received this extreme sentence it should be adhered to, and nothing except " tbe mercy of the CROWN, on special grounds," should be allowed to alter its course, or put a period to its duration. Altogether it must be considered that the changes mentioned are most suitable and satin. factory ones, and the benefit that will accrue to society from the introduction of these salutary changes in our system of prison discipline and course of penal servitude are most likely to be great. It was certainly time that something was done to improve the existing state of things, and it is we! teat such decided steps have ben taken. The progress of cotton cultivation in different parts of the world still continues to excite consider able interest, and indeed it can hardly fail to do so while the necessities of the population are so much affected by it. All classes have more or less suffered from the extravagant price and inferior quality of cotton fabrics, and, like a friend, who makes his value felt by his absence, cotton has taught us how useful and übiquitous it is by our constant need of it now that it is difficult to get, and of doubtful quality when obtained. The poorer classes more especially have had cause to lament the American War, not only as regarding Lancashire, but as put ting the common commodities of household economy almost beyond the reach of heads of families. There is little doubt, however, that what has caused such wide distress will in the end be productive of large and lasting good. Besides the stimulus given to Indian trade, which has borne it through the first difficulties, many countries with idle or ill-employed land have turned their attention to this profitable cultivation. In several parts of Africa there are promising indications of a thriving trade, which, it it should realise the expectations formed of it, may prove of the greatest service to that country, and may even serve eventually as a check upon the slave trade by raising the value of negro labour at home. The Executive Committee of the Cotton Supply Association, wt ich has done such good service in encouraging experiments in cultivation, lately re ceived a letter from Durban, Natal, enclosing two fine samples of Sealslann cotton, valued respectively at four and five shillings the pound, This kind of cotton, which is one of the finest sorts, succeeds well, and is said to be better adapted to the climate than any other. The weather in tt.at part has been unfavourable, being very stormy, but the planters were not discouraged. Cotton in Barbary is de scribed as thriving, and the Moors have taken up the notion with great energy. They are sowing cotton in quantities, and seed had been in great request. The West Indies are fortunately well adapted to the growth of cotton, as might ba sup posed from their geographical position. Shoult they be able to ope❑ a good trade in this quarter it will go far towards restoring their long lost prosperity. From Jamaica samples have been received, valued as high as 33d. and 34d. per puuud. From the goe vernor of Antigua a fine sample, grown from New Orleans seed, has been received, with a despatch stating that it had been grown under unfavourable circumstances, as from the period of planting to that of picking—three months—no rain whatever had fallen. The Governor is very anxious that the cotton cultivation should have a fair trial in this island, as there are many estates now lying waste which might be turned to profitabee account. Frum Berbiee and St. Thomas there are favourable ac counts, white in Ceylon an individual has made an experiment with so much success that he has made application for seed sufficient to plant 50 acres. In the Navigator Islands the attempt to sow cotton is also being made with a fair prospect of success. But the cultivation is not everywhere prosperous, and the Association chronicles with equal fiaelity the efforts which fail and which answer. In Madeira it has proved a decided failure; a plot of ten acres being in one instance planted three times without any result. One speculator had been more fortunate in his first attempts, but subsequently his crop en tirely failed, so that experienced men are of opinion that it wiil not do to try cotton in Madeira. This affords a curious contrast to soma other localities not, one would think, 1 AN ENGLISH LADY'S CARICATURE OF PARISIAN FRENCHMEN.—I was very fond of walking in the Bois do Boulogne, Parisian Madame is very great there. Dressed within an inch of her life, she haughtily surveys from her carriage tho humble pedestrian, I like the ap p arance of Madame.—l saw many faces which pleased me mightily —piquant faces, with bright eyes, clear skins, full lips, and pert little noses of no particular architecture. I cannot speak so favourably of Parisian Monsieur ; he is an ill lookin; animal ; he is fat, stumpy, and badly put to gether ; he has short, sunk features, and a sallow dirty skin. The hat he wears does not improve him. His hair cut close, after the fashion of the enforced coiffure of her Majesty's gaols, is not becoming. He shaves off his whis kers and a livid blue mask meanders over his fat cheeks. The nape of his neck is thick and red, and his closely shaven head reveals it in all its hideousness. Ido not like Parisian Mossoo ; he is rude and ill-bred. La politesse _Franeaise n existe plus—it must have been one of the ear hstst victims of the Revolution.—London Society. IRE NEw CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT LEAMINGTON• ceremony of consecrating the new Roman Catholic chapel at Leamington was commenced on 'Wed nesday morning, by the bishop, Dr. 1:11a:hrone, assisted by the Rev. G. Jeffries, vicar-general, and about eight or nine clergy. The walls of the chapel were first sprinkled, out side and inside, with holy water, and afterwards the altar aas consecrated. There was a Maltese cross in the nave, upon the two shafts of which the bishop wrote the letters the Greek and Latin alphabet, signifying the union of Gi eek, barbarian, and different nations in the one fold of Ctwist. The celebration of Mass brought the ceremony to acl sse about eleven o'clock. The chapel, which stands upon a large and eligible plot of land, in Dormer-place, oppo site to the Royal Pump Room Gardens is said to be one of the finest of any of the Catholic chapels within the circuit chc the midland district. It has been erected by Mr. W. G. sasscoyne, builder, of Leamington, from the designs of hlr, Chitton, New Burlington-street, Lonton. " LORD DUN DREARY" AND "BROTHER SAM" IN THE Last: .I)lm:um—Under this heading we recently inserted a paragraph which has, we regret to hear, causec some annoyance to Mr Clifford (the manager of the Kee. wick Theatre), a gentleman who holds a respectable position in his profession, and who is deservedly esteemed in the Lake district. Our correspondent who furnished us with this information in good faith was unwittingly made parti cipator in a foolish 4944 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MR, ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Another week of these delightful and thoroughly popular musical entertaiments is drawing to a close, with, on the part of the public itself, a growing evidence of their appreciation. The nightly atten dance in the Royal Italian Opera House at Covent Garden, affords evidence of this, of the most conclu sive character. Nor is it matter for surprise that it should be so—particularly now when the vast majority of the places of public entertainment (among these nearly the whole of the London theatres) are closed inhosa pitably against all sight-seeing Londoners. Thanks to Mr Mellon, however—now that the Opera Houses are both of them closed, here at Covent Gard( n, there at Her Majesty's, when Drury Lane is shut, and the Haymarket, and the St. James's, and the Westminster, and Sadler's Wells, and the Lyceum—when even individual entwaiuers, like Mr Woodin, have packed up their proper= ties for a tour in the provinces—thanks, we say, during this no-season among the generality of managers, conductors, and entertainers, thanks to Mr. Alfred Mallon's enterprize in the matter of these Concerts, we can enjoy any, nay every, night if we please, a feast of sweet sounds—music by the most gifted masters, executed by the most accom plished performers. Madlle. Marie Krebs on the piano, Mr. Carrodus on the violin, Mr Levy on the cornet-a-piston, Ali Ben Sou-Alle on the Turko phone, Madlie. Carlotta Patti on that marvellous, magical organ of her own—her vole I Last even. ing (another of Mr, Mellon's Thursdays!) was the night set apart, this week, for the works of Mendelssohn—as the previous Thursday had been set apart far those) of Mozart and as next Thursday (an exceptionally grand attraction even among these Thursdays) is to be set apart for the works of) Beethoven. AMERICA. Meeting of Crowned Heads at Kissingen, Galignani publishes an interming letter from Kissinger), giving a comparative sketch of its merits over those of other watering places, and containing an amusing account of the doings of Royal and Im perial personages there:— There are but few French here, and scarcely any Englimit. In the social aspects of Kissingen there is a commendable absence of the follies of fashionable life. There is no Casino, no Kureaal, as at Wiesbaden, Ems, and Baden Baden, and, consequently, the canons of good taste are not offended by the pretentious toilettes and vicious excesses which have rendered those places so notorious. In its secluded position, its rural environs, and the every day life of the visitors, Kissingen bears a strong resemblance to Schwalbach. Yet the appearance of the guests and the character of the waters in the two places are the very antipodes of each other. At Kissingen, the majority of the visitors are more or less over grown, more or less florid-looking, and the males out-num ber the females 10 to 1. The waters, with a plain dietary regimen and plenty of exercise,are very efficacious in check ing any tendency to corpulency, and are useful in the cure of dyspepsia and all derangements of the stomach. At Schwalbach the visitors are generally thin, pale-looking, and the females outnumber vastly the males. As the iron waters enrich the blood, and the object in taking them is to add flesh and not reduce it, the exercise prescribed to those taking the cure at Schwalbach is very light, while the diet is rich and abundant. At the latte, place the ladies remain sitting all day long on rural benches under the trees, listening to the music; whilst at Kissingen every path and corner is invaded from six to eight in the morning and four to six in the afternoon by endless crowds of mostly male promenaders, walking with intense euergy, and looking as if engaged in the performance of some solemn religious duty. A flue band of music performs during the hours of promenade. The visit of the Imperial and Royal personages here produced no perceptible influence on the usual routine of life. The Imperial family of Russia set a notable example by the unostentatious style of their manners The Empress walked out in the beautiful grounds every day, dressed in marked simplicity. Wherever she went, she was the observed of all observers. She is a graceful-looking woman, of slight physique, Saxon type of features, and ap parently about 45 years of ege. She took the cure regularly under the advice of the best resident physician, whom she consulted upon her arrival. She looked well, and was not seriously indisposed, but the cruel rigour of the Russian winters had tried her constitution severely, and it was believed by her medical advisers that a thorough change of air, with the use of proper medicinal waters, would do her great good. Of the Russian Imperial family who have been sojourning in Kissingen, there were, besidra the Emperor and Empress, two of the younger Grand Dukes, the Grand Duchess Helen, and the Prince Imperial Cesarowitch, just turned 20, of fine personal presence and very egret able manners. lie is at present, as you are awate, making a general tour through Europe. The Emperor was to be seen constantly during his stay walking about the public grounds, and not uhttequently in the society of the new King of Bavaria. His costume was a simple morning dress, with a plain grey hat, in striving contrast with the military uniform which he invariably wears in public when in Russia. In most of his rambles he was accompanied by his favourite black setter dog, "Mylord," of English stock. The young King of Bavaria had an opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of the Emperor of Austria and of the Imperial family of Russia. He is not yet nineteen, but very manly in appearance, with a fine Raphaelite face, and expressive large blue eyes. He has been brought up with his younger brother, under the guardianship of a Protestant mother, in a strict and domestio manner, and has seen comparatively little of life outside of his father's palace. Indeed, his education was not yet completed, as it had been definitely arranged that he should go to the 'Uni versity this winter, when all at once his father's demise de volved on him the duties of Royalty. His portrait, which previously was scarcely known to the people, is at pre sent in every window. For two or three days prior to quitting Kissingen, he was confined to his apartment by the effects of fatigue, and his re-appearance on the morning of his departure, was a signal for quite an outburst of popular enthusiasm. Imprisonment of Four Italians in Bokhara, The Burkaru gives some details relating to the . imprisonment of the Italian adventurers, now sup posed to be lingering in the custody of the Barba . roue Khan of Bokhara, or, as is more probable, condemned to the fate of our own unfortunate Stoddart and Conolly in the same inhospitable region :—" The party consisted of four Italians and an attendant, who acted as an interpreter and gave himself out as a Russian. They arrived at Bokhara • in October last and took up their quarters in a cara vanserai in the town. Here they were visited by the Wuzeer, to whom they explained the object of their mission. He closely examined their effects, which comprised some merchandise, in the shape of spring toys, jacks-in-boxes, a handeorgan, and other curiosities, and after exacting a heavy duty he left them, intimating that they would be allowed to purchase small quantities of silk in the bazaar until the King's pleasure was known. The Ameer was at this time absent on an expedition to Kuban, and on being apprised of the presence of these foreigners at his capital, he ordered that they should be placed in the principal fort, the B %la Hiesar, but should net be treated as prisoners. On his return, the Ameer granted them an audience, and inspected their curio sities. Their papers subs( quently underwent a closer scrutiny, and, unfortunately for the Italians, some ketches of the country traversed by them, and a plan of the bazaar of Bokhara itself, were dis covered, which roused the Ameer's worst suspi cions of their inimical character, and led to their immediate removal to the notorious subterranean prison known as ' the Al Knunna,' or Dark Well. After a week's incarceration in this chamber of horrors, the Ameer, it is alleged, relented, and ordered the strangers back to the Bala Hisser, or principal fort. This occurred in November last, and later intelligence received would seem to show that they continued to be detained at this fort pending a reference made to the Court of St. Petersburg by the Ameer. On their rerr oval to the prison of the Dark Well, orders were given for the confiscation and public sale of their property, and a few articles belonging to the captives have thus found their way to the hands of the Punjab authorities. We have in this circumstance a repeti ;ion of what happened to a portion of the property of the lamented Stoddart, one of whose sextants and several hooks were brought to St. Petersburg during his captivity at Bokhara. Meanwhile the Chevalier Bonhomme, as an envoy from the King of Italy, will have reached Teheran, and will lose no time in for svardieg letters which he bears from the Sultan of l'urkey, as head of the faithful, to the Ameer o; Bukhara i❑ behalf of the Italian captives. But it is to be feared t hat, like that of the spiritual head of Rome, the influence of the Ottoman Sultan in tem• poral matters is very faint in the ultramontane re gions of Bokhara. The general impression is that the influence of Russia alone can save the men, and it is confidently expected that it will be vigorously employed." Frederick Douglass on the American War, The following is an extract from a recent letter from Mr. Douglass to an English correspondent who had helped to send out a box of clothing for the distressed fugitives in Washington, D.C., and who wished to assist the society conducted by coloured people. Mr. Douglass's rebuke of Mr. Lincoln's Government comes with peculiar force from one of the sufferers : My knowledge of the character and efficiency of the Freedman's Relief Scciety at Washington was obtained last summer by attending its annual meeting at the Fifteenth.street Presbyterian Church in that city. Tt'ere were present about fifty ladies and gentlemen. But these were to all outward seeming well entitled to the name I give them. I never was in a more orderly or business-like society. Tile sight of these kind, good people endeavouring to do something towards mitigating the sufferings of their race, and to assist in their improvement, would have been gratifying to you. I shall send your letter to Miss E. V. Brown, the correspond ing secretary of the Washington Freedman's Association. She is better able than I to give you direct information as to what the society has done, is doing, and proposes to do. When the question of %agonising these Freedman's Associa cloys was first raised I opposed such organisations, chiefly on the ground that they would tend to keep alive the hurtful idea that the negro cannot take care of himself. And even now .1 insist that these societies ought not to be necessary, and would not if the Government and people of the country would only be just in thei r d ea li ngs w i th them. These newly-freed people are victimised on every hand. Their strong men have been literally swept iat.) the army, and the weak ones left to endure untold suffering. Heretofore our Government has hardly paid them money enough to buy the shoes they march in. Had we justice we should not need generosity. You have said some sharp things in the Inquirer of the conduct of the Washington Government, but none too sharp. The more you can say of the swindle by which our Government claims the respect of mankind for abolishing slavery—at the same time that it is practically re-establishing that hateful system in Louisiana, tinder General Banks—the better. I have not readily consented to the claims set up in the name of anti-slavery for our Government, but I have tried to believe all for the best. My patience and faith are not very strong now. The treatment of our black soldiers —the refusal to pay them any like equal conapen sation, though it was promised them when they enlisted; the refusal to insist upon the ex change of coloured prisoners, and to retaliate upon rebel prisoners when coloured prisoners have been slaughtered in cold blood, although the Presis dent has repeatedly promised thus to protect the lives of his coloured soldiers—have worn my patience quite threadbare. The President has virtually laid down this as the rule of his statesmen : Do evil by choice, right from necessity. You will see that he does not sign the bill adopted by Congress restricting the organisation of State Governments only to those States where there is a loyal majority. liis plan is to organise such Governments wherever there is one-tenth of the people loyal !--an entire contra diction of the constitutional idea of Republican Government. I see no purpose on the part of Lin coln and his friends to extend the elective franchise to the coloured people of the South, but the con trary. This is extremely dishonourable. No rebuke of it can be too stinging from your side of the water. The negro is deemed good enough to fight for the Government, but not good' to vote or enjoy the right to vote in the Government. We invest with the elective franchise those who with bloody blades and bloody hands have sought the life of the nation, but sternly refuse to invest those who have . - done what they could to save the nation's life. This discrimination becomes more dishonourable when the circumstances are duly considered. Our Govern meta asks the negro to espouse its cause ; csks him to turn against his master, and thus fire his master's nate against him. Well, when it has attained pence, what does it propose ? Why this, to hand the negro back to the political power of his master, without tt single element of strength to shield himself from he vindictive spirit sure to be• roused against the wnole coloured race. You can exsily imagine that my life during all this war has been a❑ anxious one. Constituted as I am, and identified as I am wi►h the hated clays whose fortunes tremble constantly in the balance, there is no rest for my spirit amid this terrible strife. My son Lewis has been honourably dis charged from the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, but he is stilt with the regiment in South Carolina, acting as sutler's clerk. My son Charles has been in several of the recent battles round Petersburg, Virginia. A week ago he was still unharmed. We take up the paper each morning with a hesitating nand, for we know not what it may bring. Our country—l mean the North as well as the South— seems rapidly tending to ruin. Our financial con dition is rapidly IN, aging itself to the level predicted for it by some of your statesmen as well as ours. Our people don't want to be taxed to sustain the public credit, and impose upon our financiers the Egyptian task of making bricks without straw. Chase's re• signation, I fear, will prove a heavy blow to our credit abroad. Ot all members of the Cabinet Mr. Chase was perhaps the most anti-slavery. I am ex pecting to visit the freed men's camp about Wash ington and Alexandria soon, and may hereafter give you sotne account of their condition and prospects. My friends about Washington think it does some good to have me go dowu and talk to them. lam sure it does me good. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON CAPE CLEAR, AUG. 19, The Inman steamship, City of Washington, from New York on the Gth inst., arrived here this morn ing. Her advises have been fully anticipated by the Belgian, which brought despatches to the 6th evening. NEW YORK AUG, 6, 11 A. 31 The re-invasion of Maryland is fully confirmed. The Confederates crossed the Potomac yesterday morning, in three columns of six to eight thousand each, at Hancock, Shepardstown, and Williamsport, at 10 a.m. They occupied Hagerstown. They are reported to have reached Middleburg, 11 miles north of Hagerstown, this morning. Despatches from Harrisburg assert that the three columns have united, and are marching upon Cumberland and Pittsburg, The situation at Petersburg is reported unchanged Nothing later from Atlanta. Non•offi2ial advices from New Orleans state that Admiral Farragut, with a large fleet of gunboats and ironclads, attacked the defences of Mobile on the 27th ult., and succeeded in passing Forts Gains and Morgan, commanding the entrance ,o the har bour. The contest was still in progress on the 30th tilt. The result is unknown. Governor Seymour has remonstrated with the authorities at tit Lshington upon the excessive quotas assigned to the cities of New York and Brooklyn under the President's late call for troops. Gold 1611. The City of Washington takes ont 79,561 dole, in specie. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG. 18, It is asserted that the Minister of Finance intends to propose a modification of the Customs tariff with France, which is to be framed in a more liberal sense. ARRIVAL OF THE RIPON. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon, with the heavy portio❑ of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, arrived here to-day. She brings 144 passengers, £942 in specie, 858 packages of cargo,including raw silk, value £60,000; musk, 1,600 rupees; precious stones, 1,000 rupees; gold embroidered velvet carpets for Sir Charles Wood, value 25,03 rupees; and jewellery, value 500 rupees. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 14. Her Majesty's ships Procris and Redpole, the French transport Jura, and an Egyptian gunboat were in the harbour. Exchange on London, 90 days, 501 ; on Paris, 5 21 ; on Genoa, 5 31 ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, AUG. 19. The Bengal, with the above mails, reached Suez at midnight yesterday. The Nubia arrived at Point de Galle on the 2d inst., all well. BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, August 18. The following is the return of the Bank of Francr for the week, together with the corresponding figures of the previous account : AT GUST 18. AUGUST 11. DR. c. t C, Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1'857) 5,126,1 711 5,114,862 48 Reserve in the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 769,096,425 777,023,925 Bank notes to order and re- ceipt4 payable at sight 5,290,677 1G 6,233,349 15 Treasury ac.,. cur. creditor 61,400,089 79 57,068,339 40 Curreut dccounts—Paris —111,077,386 20 122,2.54 979 44 Do. branch-banks 28, t ,69,631 26,611,833 Dividends pay.blu Discuunts and sundry interests 7,848,640 17 7,124,540 9 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1 , 2 16,891,401 77 1,231,833,445 85 Cn. Cash in hand and branch banks Coinuiereial bills overdue 1,075,097 95 3,246,848 11 Conlin erci4 bills discounted not yet due ....3'11.73,934 02 330,403,019 35 Do. branch-banks .... 315,316,363 303,092,556 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch banks 3,83i,700 3,957,700 Advances on French public securities Do. branch-banks 9,151,150 Ad vance, on rail way shares and debentures .. 27,632,600 Do branch-banks.... 1 8,669,6)0 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 4OOOOO Do. branch-banks.... 360,800 Advances to the State (Convk n. June 10, 1857) 60 ,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve .... 1 2,180,750 14 12,980,7 , 50 14 Do. disposable Rentes inamobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 1 00,000,000 100,000,0 00 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of management 713,400 44 712,921 54 Sundries 2,296,903 55 5,186, 0 7 4 37 16,106,400 - 9,412,5•,0 - 27,792,900 - 18,701,050 - 395,000 - 356,900 - 8,353,452 - 1 ,216,691,401 77 1,231,833,445 85 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. VVITRY. THE burr OF PUNCH AND FUN ?—Tae reader will not have torgotten the curious coincidence , which we poiuted out some weeks ago, of each of the two leading comic publications (Punch. and Fun) having an illustration of the same kind, not connected with any matter of public importance, but with something of an en tirely private character. A person of decidedly Hebraic origin, adorned with whiskers of gigantic proportions, was represented entering the studio of an artist, and request ing in(or rath er d emanding) of him to pur chase a w or k of his consideration of prospective puffs in the newspapers. Some people .nay think that such a notion was utterly chimerical and too far removed from the region of the possible to be seriously considered, but to all such and also to those who are sceptical as to the fidelity with which the comio caricaturists adhere to the truth of nature, we commend the report of a case which was tried in the Marylebone County Court a few days ago, before Sir J. E. Wilmot, the judge ; which case is re ported in The Borough of If arylebone Mercury of last week The plaintiff in this case was a certain Mr Ben Charles Jones, who described himself as an author, living at Nu. 9, Arundel -gardens, K ens ington-park, and the defendant was Mr C Silvy, the well-known photographer, residing at 38, Prochester-terrace. Mr Jones was endeavouring to re cover the sum of £1 14s for books stated to have been ordered by and delivered to the plaintiff. The statement on behalf of the defendant was, that ...qr Jones had been intro duced to him in February last, and had proposed to him to subscribe for "a hundred lectures." The defendant re tused to sign any contract, but said he would pay for the volumes as he had them. Three volumes had been sent, and the author had called to state that he was "an author of great repute and an influential member of the press, in which latter capacity he could du for the defendant a vast amount of good by mentioning his name favourably in the different Loudon newspapers." Toe defendant further more stated, that on being called upon to pay the money "re declined to have anything whatever to do with him; and on plaintiff pressing him, he peremptorily told him that he would have nothing to do with either him or his books." Some days afterwards, however, a parcel was let , with the books, and eventually the plaintiff called for pay inent, but he soon ordered him off and his books too. /it, ,vidence was given as to "the vast amount of good" which :he plaintiff was capable of doing, and after going into the case with some minuteness, the judge announced his ineen tion of postponing it for fresh evidence, when the plaintfl elected to be non-suited. A case like this, unless property explained, is not likely to raise the reputation of the press in the estimation of the world at large.—TheLady's Aews. paper, WILLS AND BEQUESTS, The will of Sir Christopher \V, Bethel Codrington, Bart., M.P., of Dodington Park, Gloucestershire, was adminis tered to on the 9.h inst. It bears date 1851, and a codicil is added, dated June 22, 1864, Sir Christopher has be queathed to his relict, Lady Georgiana Charlotte Anne, daughter of the seventh Duke of Beaufort, the whole of his property, her ladyship being the universal legatee un der the will. His son and heir is a minor in his fourteenth year. The will of Sir Francis Edward Scott, Bart., of Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire, was proved in London, on the 30th ult., by the executors, the Hun. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., and Wm. G. Mount, Esq. The personalty was sworn un der £60,000. The will bears date Nov. 18, 1863, and was attested by Sir Wm. E. C. Hartropp, Bart., and the Rev, Payton Blakiston, Clerk and M.D., of Sc. Leonards. The testator died three days after, at St. Leonardo on-the-Sea, at the age of 39. Sir Francis married, in 1854, Mildred Anne, daughter of Sir Wm. Hartropp, Bart. It is a sin gular circumstance that two distinct baronetcies—viz., those of Bateman and Scott, both created in 1806, met in the person of the late Baronet, who succeeded to the Bateman baronetcy in 1824, and to that of Scott in 1851. Sir Francis was the eldest son of the late Sir E. D. Scott, Bart., by Catherine Juliana, eldest daughter and co heiress of the late Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart. Sir Francis has bequeathed to his relict an annuity of £3OO beyond her annuity under settlement, To his eldest son (a minor) he has devised his real estate and the residue of the personalty. To his younger son and three daug liters he leaves legacies of £,OOO each, Sir Francis has bequeatheo his colleztim of Limoges enamels to the Midland Institute, in Birmingham, together with the sum of £5O to purchase an oak or walnut case to contain them. The will of Martin Thackeray, E6q., of Gloucester -place, ?ortman -square, was proved in the London Court, on the 22d ult., by the execu ors, Augusta Thackeray, the relict., and Charles Do La Pryme, Esq., the nephew, The per .;onalty was sworn under £3d,000. The testator was for many years Vice- rovoat ot King's College, University of Cambridge. Upon the decease ot his widow he bequeaths to that college all his books, prints, and engravings, in teescteiimodn yby ut h is grateful remembranc e o f the obligations ve him from the bounty o f King Fleury VI., ana r his anxious desire to prom ,, te the study of sound and useful learning amongst the scholars of the college founded by hit Majesty. Ha also bequeaths the SULU of £l,OOO, the divi dends to be given to the scholar of King's College educated in the foundation at Eton who shall, on the examination each year for Bachelor of Arts, have taken the highest degree amongst the Wranglers in the mathematical tripes. The testator bequeaths to his relict a life interest in his estates real and personal, appointing her ladyship also rest duary legatee; and, upon her decease, devises his freeholo estate to his nephew, Joseph Thackeray, leaving libera , legacies to his nephews, nieces, and others. To the Bed ford Hospital he bequeaths £5OO. This bequest, and th, legacies to the college, are to be paid free of duty. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX M A GISTRATES. --A general meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middle sex was held yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenweli, for the transaction of the usual county business ; Mr Henry Pownall was in the chair. The proceedings, however, were of the usual routine character, and such as not to call for a report. 1 : 0111.1 1-111711TRI: HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 18. Her Majesty the Queen gave an entertainment yesterday afternoon to the boys and girls of the Whippingham schools i.O the new school hcnse. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise , Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, arrived at the school-house at half-past 5 o'clock, and was re ceived by the Rev. G. Prot hero, rector of Whipping ham. Princess Victoria of Hesse was also present• The children immediately sat down to tea, after which they proceeded to a neighbouring field, wher e games and races took place, the commencement of which was witnessed by th e Q ueen an d royal fami J Y• Vi,count and Vi scoun t ess G ort , an d several ladi es and gentlemen, with their families, residing in t h e neighbourhood attended. Her Majesty and the royal family were attended by Lady P ortman, t h e Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon` Florence Seymour, Baroness de Grancy, 9eneral the Hon. C. Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Du ?L e ' Captain von Westaveller, and Colonel Sir I'. lt" Biddulph. Her Majesty has received good accounts of bib Royal Highness Prince Alfred, from Norway, whe re he proceeded as tar as the North ; and tr° lll his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, who is making tour in Switzerland, attended by Colonel F. s e r mour and Major Eiphinstone, Prince Arthur has lately been staying at Ch i a ; mounix, from wh ence h e ascen d e d on f oo t towa rds Mont Blanc, as far as the Grande The Prince and Princess of Wales in Scotland. The Prince of Wales has been enjoying the sport of grouse shooting on the Ahageidie moors bin e° the opening day, and wish fair success. On Satan ; day the Countess o f Fif e d rove to Abergeldie va visit to their royal highnesses. On Sunday the Prince and Princess Of Wales, and his Royal ness the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Ma rt and suite attended the parish church of Crathies The Rev. W. Anderson, assistant clergy'r preached an excellent sermon from the words- - IS. it not a little one ?''—Gen. six. 20. The church was well filled. It is sated that their royal highnesses will be es corted to Denm ar k b y t h e C hannel B ee t, and that the vessels will r ea d ezvous at L e i th b y the Ist ° f September. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by C. Curzon, arrived at Aberdeen on Saturday, on the way to Deeside. After inspecting the statue of th e Prince Consort in Union.street, their royal h i g h ' uesses left for Moyne, whence they proceeded by: posting to Abergeldie, on a visit to the Prince 0 4 Princess of Wales. his royal highness purposes to honour the Earl o f D a lh ous i e by a v i s it at Brech in Castle this week for a few days' grouse shooting! and the noble earl has invited a select party of gentlemen to meet his royal visitor. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond arrived at Gordon Castle, N. 8., last week, end are now en• rertaining a select circle of friends. On the first two days of grouse shooting on the Blackwater and Glen Fiddich moors the Duke, Lord Bingllaw, Col. Coke, and Mr. Coke killed above 140 brace of birds. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto left the Bavarian Legation, i n Hifi-street, Berkeley-square,yesterday, for Brig htos• The Marquis and Marchioness of Landsdowne have arrived on a visit to the Right Hon. J. F ll. pAtrick at Granstown, on their way to Kenmore. The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londosderrf has arrived at Garvin Tower, tier seat in Iceland from Seham Hail. The Earl ana Countess of Besaborough arrived at Beesborougn House, Kiikenny, ou Monday last. The Earl and Countess of Wiiton, Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton, and Mr. and Lady Alice des Vceux are at present staying at Wer mouth. The party intend to remain until atter the regatta nest week. The E Art Beauchamp has gone to Ilabtings. The nob;e earl hae greatly Improved in health. _ _ The Earl of Stafford has arrived in Paris from England. The Earl de Grey arrived in town yesterdsf evening from a tour of inspection of the fortification d at present in progress on the coasts of Ireland and England. The countess has also arrived in town. The E Arl of Dalhousie is at Invermark, N. 8., where he is receiving a small party of visitors. lne first two days of shooting afforded excellent sport, nearly 100 birds having fallen to each gun. The Earl of Aberdeen has recently been on a visit to the Earl of Dalhousie at Brechin Castle, Forfarshire. Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse have ar rived at Kilkenny House, Killarney, after paying a visit to their Irish seat on the way. The Countess of Erroll gave birth to a son at Stains Castle, Aberdeenshire, nn the 14th inst. Viscount Holmesdale, who has the whole of the Invercauld shootings on the north side of the Dee, except a small portion in the vicinity of Invercauld House, 1199 arrived at Corndavon Lodge, for the season. Lora Edward Cavendish and the Hon. Spence r Lytielton have been among the visitors to Sir Augustus Clifford, at Westfield House, Hyde. DEATH OF DR. R. DUNDAS THOMSON, We have to record the death of Dr. Robert Dundee Thomsen, a gentleman of considerable mark in the scientific) world. He died on Wednesday last at Dunstable, where he was on a visit to his brother. Dr. Thompson was born in 1805, and was educated at Glasgow, in which university he eventually took his degree of doctor of medicine. After h. practising some time in London h e became co n nected with many of the metropolitan medical societies, and was ar pointed lecturer on chemistry at St. Thomas's Hospitals having held a similar position in the University of Glasgow. He was one of the founders of the Blenheim Free Oiepert sary, an institution which conferred incalculable benefits ea the poor, and lung acted gratuitously as one of its phy sicians. He also became physician of the Scottish Has' pital, on behalf of which his services were always meet neartly rendered. He was a fellow of the Royal Socials as well as of the London anti Edinburgli, the k.uyal Medi' cal, and the Cnirurgical and Chemical Societies. BY 111 s death the presidency of the British Meteorological SocietYr and the post of medical officer of health for the large metro• politan parish of Nlatylebone becomes vacant. Dr. Tii° r2- eon, in addition to his medical labours, found time to wr ite and edit several scientific works. Amongst them are " . 14 , L ; ee vole.ds; of (. 03 , } y e e n i e o r;t aa l i S a ci o e t nc c e h , m 4 is v t o r l y s , ;‘ Br Mineralogy. h siology," besides ma n y contr ib utions to the var i o us medi cal and scientific j ourna l s . D r. Thomson was admit t e d a member of the R o y a l C o ll ege of Physicians in 1859%, the 'l HE GROUSE SHOOTING.—FromaiI parts of Yorkshire m oors accounts are received of t he extreme plenty of bi r d s, i t b e i ng said that fur severa l years they bay! never been so numerous . T he success of the sportsmen is various. O n t h e moors skirting t h e Cleveland district ba d nags are the rul e , ow i ng to the strength and wildness of the game, b u t f rom the extreme north , on Mr Merritt ' e moor, near Rokeby, the reverse is the case. The party of dr Merritt, M.P., consisting or that gentleman, Lurd Hare' wood, the Hon. E. Duncombe, M.P., Mr Vyner, Colonel Frazer (11th Huesars), and Sir G. Wombwell, in one (ley nave bagged 160 brace entente, them, and on the text 128 orece. Here the birds were never known so plentiful. ROBSON'S GENIUS GROTESQUE NOT BURLESQUE. —Frederick Robson is dead, too, the groteEque little actor who, ten years ago, set the wits of London to work to discover in what lay the secret of his marvellous power. sprung from th e b oo th s o f our countr y fairs. Alr made his debut i n L on d on at t h e E ag l e T a vern, "t, Conquest's Gr e ci an . H ere h e attracte d a gre at deal!' but it was not b e f ore hi s appearance at th e OlymPl a Theatre,Rxoortbi Originallycs , Robson in the late Frank Talfourd's exceedingly clever burlesque of " Macbeth," that the full measure of his genreo became appreciated. Since that time, up to his enforced retirement from the stage, the career of Rubeon was an un- interrupted success. His school of acting was less comic) han grot esque , an d t h e t h oug h tfu l cr i t i c was a pt to rest r a in toe smile upon his lips in favour of a more serious expres <ion when he saw the quaint, weird little figure, and the o marvellously expressive race illustrate feelings and passion. which no one cou ld t a il t o recogn i s e as really human, b which had a tendency to excite not so much laughter as feeling of chill terror at the weakness of poor humanity, Er. the slend er b oun d ary w hi c h di v id es insanity from sa L Y Robson was no more a b u rlesque actor than ilot w caricaturist : he belonged to the grotesque Queen of this day,